From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-03-17T08:56:32+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Rant about keyword logical operators was : (Re: [ ruby-Bugs-3843 ] "not" operator used in expression that is a method parameter can generate syntax error)

Zev Blut wrote:

> In my fantasy Ruby these keyword logical operators would not exist or
> they would be the same precedence.

But consider the difference:

x = h && h[4]
x = h and h[4]

x = gets and x.display
x = gets && x.display

It's really nice having both an operator ("&&") and a control structure
("and") that behave the way you want them to (as in the first line of
each pair).

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